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Bantam
April 2008
On Sale: March 25, 2008
Featuring: Clara Tannenberg; Ahmed Husseini
512 pages
ISBN: 0385339631
EAN: 9780385339636
Hardcover
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From the internationally bestselling author of The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud comes this electrifying new suspense thriller about a biblical discovery in the remote Iraqi desertโand a deadly struggle being waged on the eve of war to uncover a truth thatโs waited 3,000 years to be toldโฆ.
In St. Peterโs Basilica, a man sits in a confessional asking forgiveness for a murder heโs about to commit. And a young priest begins a desperate journey to stop him.โฆ
Itโs only the beginning of a ruthless race among the worldโs most powerful to find a rumored cache of sacred texts inscribed with the story of Creation as told by Abraham. This account, on tablets of clay, predates the Bible by a thousand years and could be one of the most important discoveries of all time.
Archaeologist Clara Tannenbergโs announcement of an excavation to seek the tablets has set off shock waves of outrage, contempt, and outright disbelief. But among four old friends, bound through decades by shared tragedy, the announcement has renewed their hunger for revenge. For Claraโs reclusive, infamous grandfather Alfred is a man as feared as he is hated and his enemies will stop at nothing to destroy himโ and use anything as a weaponโฆeven his granddaughter.
Among rumors of Iraqโs imminent invasion, time is already running out. As Clara and her husband Ahmed put together a ragtag team of renegade archaeologists and inexperienced students to excavate the Bible of Clay from deep within the heart of Iraq, another far more sinister team is determined to get there first. For Alfred Tannenberg has roots that reach deeply into the horrors of Nazi Germany and theyโve come to fruition in todayโs highest precincts of power.
Sweeping from the time of the biblical patriarchs to the front lines of the Iraqi conflict to the parties and back rooms of Washington D.C., and other centers of influence, The Bible of Clay is a thriller of unrelenting, thought- provoking, and all-too-plausible suspense.
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